In our 179th episode, we got to chat with Tony Campagna about his amazing dinosaur toy collection. He’s @thedinogeek on Instagram. And creator of the Facebook group Plastic Paleontology which will soon also be a book.

Episode 179 is also about Microceratus, a small ceratopsian from Mongolia which was in the first Jurassic Park book and may be in Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.

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In our 177th episode, we got to chat with Ethan Pettus author of Primitive War, a sci-fi novel about the Vietnam War and dinosaurs that was published in early 2017.

Episode 177 is also about Hoplitosaurus, an ankylosaurian named after the spear-toting Greeks famous for their phalanx formation.

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Not much is known about it. Some scientists wanted to synonymize it with Polacanthus in the late 1980s-early 1990s, and William Blows and Javier Pereda-Suberbiola named Polacanthus marshii, but that was rejected. Kenneth Carpenter and Jim Kirkland found that the similarities between the Hoplitosaurus and Polacanthus were actually similarities found in other ankylosaurus, or were similarities based on damage to the bones

Polacanthus and Hoplitosaurus had similar armor, though Hoplitosaurus did not have the sacral shield of armor (over the hips) that Polacanthus had

Had osteoderms along its back, and may have also had spikes on its shoulders and sides

In our 171st episode, we got to chat with Sabre Moore, director at Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, Montana. Since starting work at Carter County Museum, Sabre has expanded the museum, worked with other museums for outreach, and established the annual Dino Shindig. Follow her on Twitter @Sabre_Moore and Carter County Museum on Facebook and Twitter.

Episode 171 is also about Bactrosaurus, a hadrosauroid whose name means “club lizard.”

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